ASSIGNMENT Respond to the following in writing on another sheet of paper or in your Google Drive folder.
1. Sketch and label the visual elements in this painting.
2. Use the following link to answer questions related to this painting: RAFT OF THE MEDUSA INTERACTIVE The link will open an interactive image of the painting. After working with this interactive, you should have recorded your response to questions in each of the following areas:
The Pyramid of Hope (3 questions)
The Bloodstained Axe (2 questions)
The Large Wave (2 questions)
Light Breaking (4 questions)
3. SYMBOLISM
What is the symbolic meaning of three individual elements in the work?
How do these three symbols work together to establish an overall meaning of the work?
4. TONE
Identify the subject of this painting.
Identify the tone of this work by identifying an adjective that describes the artist's attitude towards the subject.
Explain how two elements from the work help establish this tone (remember that some works have more than one tone).
5. PLOT
At what point on the plot line does the scene depicted in this work fall?
Explain how specific elements in the work helped you determine your answer.
6. THEME State the central, underlying, and controlling idea of this work in a declarative sentence (remember MORAL + PLOT = THEME)
Raft of the Medusa Explication
Watch the following video as an introduction to this painting:https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/romanticism/romanticism-in-france/v/g-ricault-raft-of-the-medusa-1818-19
Additional resources for viewing this painting:
ASSIGNMENT
Respond to the following in writing on another sheet of paper or in your Google Drive folder.
1. Sketch and label the visual elements in this painting.
2. Use the following link to answer questions related to this painting: RAFT OF THE MEDUSA INTERACTIVE
The link will open an interactive image of the painting. After working with this interactive, you should have recorded your response to questions in each of the following areas:
3. SYMBOLISM
4. TONE
5. PLOT
6. THEME
State the central, underlying, and controlling idea of this work in a declarative sentence (remember MORAL + PLOT = THEME)